Innsbruck: Majority votes for Tempo 30
With the exception of state roads and through roads, there should be a nationwide 30 km/h limit in Innsbruck. According to the SPÖ, what are thoroughfares should still be defined by a municipal council working group. The application for Tempo 30 in Innsbruck was approved by the Greens, For Innsbruck, NEOS, List Fritz, ALI and Municipal Council Bernhard Schmidt.
SPÖ: Workable compromise
SPÖ club chairman Helmut Buchacher said that after long negotiations, a viable compromise had been found for a large-scale implementation of 30 km/h with clearly defined exceptions. Instead of half-hearted symbolic politics, it is important to achieve real changes in terms of road safety, says Buchacher.
Greens want more restrictions
A first application by the Greens, which would have provided for 30 km/h on all roads except for large state roads, failed in the municipal council. But the green ones speak of a small step in the right direction. The green club chairwoman Janine Bex said that 30 km/h halved the braking distance, significantly reduced the noise, and the risk of death for pedestrians at 50 km/h was four to five times higher than at 30 km/h. The decision was a work order for the transport committee , concrete proposals will be presented there again.
The Fritz list was welcomed in a broadcast that a working group of the Innsbruck municipal council should determine which streets will have a 30 zone and which will not. A speed limit of 30 km/h does not make sense everywhere. Wherever they make sense, they will bring noticeable relief and a better quality of life for people.
ÖVP: Disadvantages outweigh
The head of the Innsbruck Transport Committee, Mariella Lutz (ÖVP), said the disadvantages outweighed the advantages. Lutz spoke, for example, of an impending shift of traffic in residential areas and premature travel times for “public transport” and thus also higher costs for public transport. There is also a risk of a loss of purchasing power, and Lutz saw no significant advantages in terms of noise or pollutant reduction, there are even studies that show a clear aesthetic reduction in emission values at 30 km/h.
FPÖ Vice Mayor sees “massive” follow-up problems
For Deputy Mayor Markus Lassenberger (FPÖ), 30 km/h in these forms and configurations poses problems that will lead to “massive” problems, such as the shifting of traffic to residential areas and higher pollutant emissions. According to Lassenberger, it would be much wiser to structurally improve the existing streets to ensure safety for all road users and to reintroduce green waves to intensify the flow of traffic.